Cyberdyne, based northeast of Tokyo, demonstrated an upgraded version of the robot device called the Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL, that can be
worn under anti-radiation tungsten vests as heavy as 60 kilograms.

However, all concerns aside, if this thing works like intended and assists people wearing a heavy radiation-shielding suit, this might open new
possibilities in preventing nuclear disasters and cleaning up if prevention failed. Hopefully.

Although I am of course impressed by the speed at which the HAL suit has been adapted to the purpose of radiological threat reduction, I must point
out that the HAL system has been in existance for some time. There was always the intention to produce a model of the suit which would be good as an
atomic/biological/chemical protection suit.

The other thing I ought to point out,is that the picutre featured on the article page, is the very image that was released when the hybrid assistive
limb was first unveiled a few years ago. In order to get a good idea of what a tungsten armour outer would look like over the HAL outfit, one could do
worse than having a look at a bomb disposal squad member, except of course that the armour on this new suit would have to be denser and more sealed
against outside elements , than a bomb squad outfit.

It would be great to see a picture of the HAL, WITH the armour plate applied, and I would love to know how they are solving the issue of getting air
into the suit, wether they are applying an independant air source, such as bottled air, or wether they have applied effective filters of some sort,
such as one might find on a modern battle tank.

Hey, great thread that many don't think about for the very near future.
autowrench: I read through your thread and you managed to make lots of connections. Especially since your thread was published in 2009, then we're
seeing this one in 2011, things seem to be moving right along.

I recently discovered this company and thought I'd add it to the information. They are a private company, but deal with the military as well as
civillian projects. They are currently developing robotics, precision weapons systems, blue force tracking (whatever this is), attitude determination,
and kill chain compression (another thing I'm going to have to look into). www.geodetics.com...

Thank you, Afterthought, for the kind words. I really never thought the concepts in the film would become a reality either, but they surely did. This
would be perfect for an extended war action, armed robots controlled by a satellite array, complete with hunter/killer drones. Guess who their enemy
would be? The only ones who could pull the plug, that's who.

My pleasure, autowrench! I try to keep up with your posts. You seem to have an excellent concept of what's going on and still manage to keep your
feet on the ground.

I've been noticing for quite some time that we're losing our humanity and depending more and more on robotics and technology for things that we
should be looking towards other humans for. Want a boyfriend or girlfriend, there's an ap for that! We don't even need to have a live pet around
because you can simply get a robotic one or have it inside a hand held device.

Things are just getting really crazy and we've been desensitized for the past twenty years about what is now just around the corner.

Nope, not I.
Embracing the cold, metal that our over lords are pushing causes us to move further from nature. Soon, we won't have any emotions, while robots will
be able to mimic or even exhibit actual emotions. Eventually, it will be impossible to tell the difference between a human and a robot.

This is not allowed in my world and I refuse to conform. I think it's fine to use technology to help humanity, but it will replace us if we continue
on like we are. Just look at Dick Cheney.

Nature is composed of living cells that die.
Death is a natural process within life.
I'm just not sure why humans fear death so much. The only thing I can figure is that the powerful who rule over us know that there's a greater
existence past this one and insist on keeping us within this fearful mindset.

The most I may ever get is a mechanical joint if need be and I already have donor bones in my body.
I simply have no need to live for 100 or 200 years. I believe there's much more on the spiritual plane, so why keep running away from it?

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